At the third hour, a Cao army of about 30,000 people left Hefei City and drove north along the Feishui River. Just an hour ago, two Jiangdong armies also left the camp one after another and headed towards Shouchun.

The Jiangdong Army deployed a large number of scouts near Hefei City. When the 30,000 Cao troops had just left the city and headed north, they were immediately discovered by the Jiangdong Army scouts. Several cavalrymen rushed to the Jiangdong camp, "We have important information to report to the Marquis of Wu!" The cavalry shouted loudly in the dark.

The sentry went forward to check the news cavalry and immediately made way. The cavalry turned over and dismounted, ran into the camp, and ran towards the central tent.

At this time, Sun Quan had just fallen asleep before he was gently pushed to wake up by the guards, "Mr. Wu, the scout has reported an emergency!"

Sun Quan turned over and sat up, put on a coat and came to the outer tent. The scout tent leader immediately knelt down on one knee and reported: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, we found that the brigade of Cao's army was leaving the city and heading north."

Sun Quan was so energetic that this was exactly what he wanted to hear. He immediately asked, "How many Cao troops are there?"

"About 30,000 people!"

"How many?" Sun Quan asked again in surprise.

"Reporting to the Marquis of Wu, there are about 30,000 people."

Sun Quan felt a little nervous. The number of troops sent by Cao's army was beyond his expectations. At first, he only considered 10,000 Cao's army to go north, so that 30,000 Jiangdong troops would be enough to annihilate 10,000 Cao's army, but now Cao's army actually sent 30,000 troops, and his northward army would be a little dangerous.

He pondered for a moment and asked again: "Can you confirm the number of people? It must be the soldiers of the Cao army, not the civilians?"

The scout station chief shook his head, "It should be about 30,000 people, and it must be an army, not a civilian dress. It can be seen from the marching state, and there are five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry among them."

Sun Quan was shocked. There were still five thousand cavalrymen. He became more and more nervous and said to himself: "It's strange. Does Zhang Liao want Hefei City?"

After pondering for a long time, Sun Quan waved his hand and ordered the scout to retreat. He ordered the guards to "Come General Lu Ziming to see me!"

Not long after, Lu Meng rushed over. He fell asleep not long before he was woken up by Sun Quan's guards. He stepped forward and bowed, "I will meet the lord!"

"General Ziming, let me ask you, if we attack Hefei with all our might, how long can the Cao army defend Hefei City with a 10,000 army?"

"Report to the lord, if the other party has the help of the people, he can stay for three hours!"

"But you only held it for more than an hour?"

Lu Meng sighed, "Hefei people are not in Jiangdong, and the civil servants are unwilling to work hard. If Cao's army defended the city, they might have worked a little hard. Moreover, the Jiangdong army did not have many heavy siege weapons, and Cao's army had dozens of nesting cars, and the last one to attack the city was the nesting car. To be honest, it would be good if he could capture Hefei in three hours."

Sun Quan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He was not trying to attack Hefei City. He was considering why Cao's army dared to send 30,000 troops north. Obviously, it was not to Shouchun, but to guard the grain ships heading south. Lu Meng's analysis showed that he understood a little. Cao's army must have been repeatedly pondered and sent 30,000 troops north on the premise of ensuring that the city could be defended.

But in this way, Lu Xun's army was in danger. The other side had 30,000 troops and 5,000 cavalry. Maybe their army would be swallowed by Cao's army. Thinking of this, the sweat on Sun Quan's forehead had already oozed out. He immediately said to Lu Meng: "General Lu, I will give you 20,000 troops. You should go north to pick up General Lu's army. If you have already fought, you can attack Cao's army from behind. If they have not fought, you can order General Lu to withdraw his camp immediately."

After saying that, Sun Quan took out a gold medal and handed it to Lu Meng, "Please give me everything!"

"As for the order!"

Lu Meng took the gold medal, bowed and hurriedly retreated. Sun Quan walked to the tent with his hands and looked at the dark night outside the tent. He couldn't help but sigh softly. You can't underestimate the enemy at all!

The so-called soldiers are never tired of deceit. Sun Quan never dreamed that at this time, Hefei City was almost an empty city, with only three thousand soldiers and ten thousand civilians guarding it. In the military camp west of Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao led 10,000 elite soldiers to reorganize the troops, waiting for news from Li Dian.

At this time, a spy from Cao's army rushed to report, "Report to the general that another 20,000 troops of the Jiangdong army left the barracks and headed north."

Zhang Liao couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face. As he expected, Sun Quan heard that he had also gone north with 30,000 troops. How could he not worry about the 30,000 Jiangdong Army that had already gone north in advance? He would definitely send troops to respond again. This is the normal way.

But in this way, there were only 50,000 troops left in the Jiangdong Army camp on the east bank of Xiaoyaojin, which was equivalent to their troops. This was a trick to transfer half of the Jiangdong Army's army.

He looked at the sky and it was already four o'clock. He turned around and ordered, "Go up to me, and defeat the enemy tonight!"

Ten thousand Cao troops were cheering up. At this time, Zhang Liao waved his hand and the ten thousand Cao troops marched along a small path to the opposite bank of Xiaoyaojin. There was a narrow waterway in the Xiaoyaojin Peninsula, which was only ten feet away from the west bank. A small boat could quickly build a floating bridge.

In the previous battle with the Jingzhou Army, Cao Zhen led the cavalry to use this path to kill the small military camp on the west bank of the river, and wiped out three thousand Jingzhou Army. General Chen Shuo was killed. This time, Zhang Liao still had to use this path to raid the hinterland of the Jiangdong Army camp.

Time has gradually reached the fifth hour, and the Jiangdong Army camp has completely quieted down. This is the darkest time before dawn and the deepest moment the soldiers slept. On the sentry tower outside the camp, several soldiers were paced back and forth, watching the situation outside vigilantly.

At this moment, a rush of horse hooves shattered the silent night. Several scouts and cavalry rushed towards them. They shouted from afar, "Roll the alarm bell, Cao's army is coming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen arrows shot from afar. The two scouts screamed and turned over and fell off the horse. The remaining one fled in panic. The two soldiers on the mail tower were also stunned. They suddenly reacted and suddenly sounded the alarm bell.

"Dang!Dang!Dang!" The alarm bells sounded loudly on the mail tower. One thousand soldiers on duty rushed to the front of the gate, holding bows and arrows, and staring nervously outside the camp. At this time, the earth began to shake slightly, and a muffled thunder sound came from the distance. The leader's general suddenly realized something and shouted: "This is a cavalry. Go and report to the Marquis of Wu, the cavalry of Cao's army is coming!"

In the dark night, a black cavalry was rapidly heading towards the Jiangdong Army camp hundreds of steps away from the northwest direction, and the speed was getting faster and faster. You could see the light of spear tips flashing. Behind the cavalry were more than 20,000 Cao troops. Under the leadership of Li Dian, they shouted and rushed towards the Jiangdong Army camp.

This is the 30,000 Cao troops heading north. Their northward journey was just a gimmick, a trick to lure the enemy. After tricking the Jiangdong army to the north, they turned around and rushed south and rushed straight to the Jiangdong army camp. At this time, there were only 50,000 people in the Jiangdong army camp, and the Cao army had more than 40,000 people. The troops on both sides were equal. In addition, there were 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry in Cao's army, as well as the unexpected tactics of Cao's army.

They wanted to use assault war to defeat the Jiangdong army before dawn and end the battle when Lu Xun and Lu Meng's troops rushed back. This was an extremely bold strategy. The Cao army had only one hour and had to be stable, accurate, fast and cruel. If this battle of Xiaoyaojin could be successful, Zhang Liao would be the most powerful in the world.

Cao's sneak attack caught the Jiangdong army off guard, and the camp was in chaos. A thousand crossbowmen rushed to the northwest corner to fight, shooting only one round of arrows, and five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry rushed into the Jiangdong army camp. They were a team of hundreds of people and rushed into the camp, killing the Jiangdong army soldiers and overwhelmed the ground.

At this time, Lu Su led 10,000 untidy troops to fight. They were so hasty that many soldiers had no helmets and armor, even barefoot, and had no time to organize their teams. Under Lu Su's order, 10,000 troops rushed up with spears and withstood the rush of five thousand cavalrymen.

Although the soldiers were unable to withstand cavalry assaults, they still won valuable time for other troops to assemble and Sun Quan's retreat.

The 25,000 troops led by Li Dian also entered the Jiangdong Army camp, while Ling Tong and Quan Cong each led the 5,000 troops that had just been sorted to fight and attacked Li Dian's army.

At this moment, a sudden chaos occurred in the southwest direction. Zhang Liao personally led 10,000 Cao troops out of the path and directly entered the Jiangdong Army camp. The sudden arrival of 10,000 Cao troops caused the 20,000 Jiangdong Army to fall into extreme chaos again. The morale of the Jiangdong Army collapsed and each fled. The Jiangdong Army was defeated like a mountain.

Zhang Liao waved his long sword and took the lead. He followed a thousand cavalry behind him and killed everyone. Under Zhang Liao's sword, countless casualties were killed and injured. Zhang Liao led the cavalry to open a bloody road until he rushed to the central army's tent. More than a dozen cavalrymen swung their swords to cut off the flagpole of the Jiangdong army. The flagpole of the Jiangdong army fell down together with the flagpole, and a raging fire ignited the central army's tent.

At this time, it was already dark. During the melee, Zhang Liao saw dozens of Jiangdong soldiers guarding a purple-bearded man running eastward. The purple-bearded man was wearing the costumes of a low-ranking civil servant. Zhang Liao did not take it seriously and rushed up and shouted, "Where is Sun Quan?"

The purple-bearded man pointed to the north, "That's the one wearing a golden helmet!"

When Zhang Liao turned around, he saw a man wearing a golden helmet in the chaos army. He was overjoyed and turned his horse's head to rush north. The purple-bearded man breathed a sigh of relief and ran eastward desperately.

Zhang Liao ran a hundred steps, but could not find the man wearing a golden helmet. He grabbed a soldier in Jiangdong Army and asked, "Where is Sun Quan?"

The soldiers of Jiangdong Army replied in panic: "The person the general asked about was the one he asked about just now!"

Zhang Liao was stunned, "But the man with purple beard and blue eyes?"

“That’s right!”

Zhang Liao felt very regretful, and he let Sun Quan go for nothing. Zhang Liao was unwilling to accept it, so he turned the east to chase east. Behind him, thousands of Cao army cavalry followed closely. At this time, Zhang Liao saw Sun Quan's back in the distance again. He was overjoyed and shouted: "Sun Quan, leave the head!"

Sun Quan was chased by Zhang Liao and had no way to heaven and no way to the ground. He was complaining in his heart, and he would definitely die this time. At this moment, a Jiangdong army with more than a thousand people appeared in the diagonal assassin. The leader was Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci shouted, "Don't hurt my master!"
Chapter completed!